1933 Act File No. 033-52154
1940 Act File No. 811-07168
HENNESSY GAS UTILITY INDEX FUND
Investor Class
GASFX
Summary Prospectus, February 28, 2013
(Amended and Restated as of April 15, 2013)
Investing, Uncompromised
www.hennessyfunds.com | 1-800-966-4354
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus, as supplemented from time to time, and other information about the Fund online at www.hennessyfunds.com. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-966-4354 or by sending an e-mail request to fundsinfo@hennessyfunds.com. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated February 28, 2013, as supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
Investment Objective
The Hennessy Gas Utility Index Fund seeks income and capital appreciation.
Fund Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
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SHAREHOLDER FEES
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(fees paid directly from your investment)
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Sales charge
(load)
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None
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Redemption fee
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None
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Exchange fee
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None
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ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Management Fees
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0.40
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%
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Distribution and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
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None
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Other Expenses
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0.29
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%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.69
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%
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EXAMPLE
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that you reinvest all dividends and distributions, that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your costs would be:
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One Year
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Three Years
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Five Years
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Ten Years
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$70
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$221
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$384
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$859
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Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities, or “turns over” its portfolio. A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategy
Designed as an index fund, the Fund intends to provide investment results that replicate the performance of the American Gas Association Stock Index (“Index”), an index maintained by the American Gas Association (“AGA”), a national trade association of natural gas companies. The Index consists of approximately 63 publicly traded companies, both domestic and foreign, of natural gas distribution, gas pipeline, diversified gas and combination gas and electric companies whose securities are traded on a U.S. securities exchange (exclusive of treasury stock). While the Fund’s investments will primarily be in domestic U.S. securities, the Fund’s investments may include foreign securities, including indirect investments such as ADRs or other types of depositary receipts, which are U.S. dollar-denominated receipts representing shares of foreign-based corporations. The stocks included in the Fund are chosen solely on the statistical basis of their weightings in the Index.
The Fund intends to invest under normal circumstances at least 85% of its net assets in the common stock of companies that have natural gas distribution and transmission operations. No attempt is made to manage the Fund’s portfolio actively in the traditional sense by using economic, financial or market analysis; nor will the adverse financial situation of a company directly result in its elimination from the Fund’s portfolio unless the company is removed from the Index. The percentage of the Fund’s assets to be invested in each company’s stock contained within the Index is approximately the same as the percentage the stock represents in the Index. Each stock’s proportion of the Index is based on that stock’s market capitalization, that is, the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the market price of the stock. Such computation is also weighted to reduce the effect of assets not connected with natural gas distribution and transmission revenue. To avoid deviation in the Fund’s performance from the Index, the Fund will seek to invest substantially all of its assets in the stocks of the Index. Although there is no predetermined acceptable range of deviation between the performance of the Index and that of the Fund, the Fund attempts to achieve a correlation of approximately 95% or better between its total return and that of the Index. One-hundred percent correlation would mean the total return of the Fund’s assets would increase and decrease exactly the same as the Index. If a deviation occurs, it may be the result of various expenses incurred by the Fund, such as management fees, transaction costs and other operating expenses.
Principal Risks
As with any security, there are market and investment risks associated with an investment in the Fund. The value of an investment will fluctuate over time and it is possible to lose money. The principal risks of investing in the Fund include the following:
Market Risk:
The market value of a security may move up or down, and these fluctuations may cause a security to be worth more or less than the price originally paid for it. Market risk may affect a single company, industry, sector of the economy or the market as a whole. The value of equity securities will fluctuate due to many factors, including the past and predicted earnings of the issuer, the quality of the issuer's management, general market conditions, forecasts for the issuer's industry and the value of the issuer's assets.
Temporary Defensive Positions Risk:
The Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions in response to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions. To the extent the assets of the Fund are invested in temporary defensive positions, the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. For temporary defensive purposes, the Fund may invest in cash and/or short-term obligations.
Industry Concentration Risk:
The Fund concentrates its investments within the natural gas distribution and transmission industry. Because of its narrow industry focus, the Fund’s performance is tied closely to and affected by developments in the natural gas distribution and transmission industry, such as competition and weather. The gas industry is also sensitive to increased interest rates because of the industry’s capital intensive nature. In the event the Fund experiences significant purchase and/or redemption requests, it may have difficulty providing investment results that replicate the Index.
Foreign Securities Risk:
The Fund invests in ADRs, which are foreign securities traded on U.S. exchanges. There are specific risks associated with investing in the securities of foreign companies not typically associated with investing in domestic companies. Risks include fluctuations in the exchange rates of foreign currencies that may affect the U.S. Dollar value of a security, and the possibility of substantial price volatility as a result of political and economic instability in the foreign country.
Non-Diversification Risk:
The Fund is non-diversified, meaning it is likely to invest in fewer stocks than a diversified fund. The Fund may be more volatile because each stock in which it invests will have greater impact on the Fund’s performance.
Index Tracking Risk:
While the Fund seeks to track the performance of the Index as closely as possible, the Fund’s return may not always be able to match or achieve a high correlation with the return of the Index due to such factors as the various expenses incurred by the Fund, such as management fees, transaction costs and other operating expenses which are not incurred by the Index. In addition, the Fund may not be fully invested at all times in the Index as a result of cash flows into the Fund or reserves of cash that are maintained in order to meet redemption requests and cover operating expenses.
Performance Information
The Fund is a successor to the FBR Gas Utility Index Fund (the “Predecessor Gas Utility Index Fund”) pursuant to a reorganization that took place after the close of business on October 26, 2012. The performance information provided for the periods on or prior to October 26, 2012 is historical information for the Predecessor Gas Utility Index Fund. The Predecessor Gas Utility Index Fund was managed by FBR Fund Advisers, Inc. and had the same investment objective and same investment strategy as the Fund.
The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in its performance from year to year and how the Fund’s average annual returns compare with those of the S&P 500 Index and the AGA Stock Index. For additional information on these indexes, please see “Index Descriptions” on page 67 of the Prospectus. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of future performance. Performance may be higher or lower in the future. Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website (http://www.hennessyfunds.com).
CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL RETURNS
For the period shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s highest quarterly return was 18.55% for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 and the lowest quarterly return was -16.40% for the quarter ended September 30, 2008.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
(for the periods ended December 31, 2012)
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Ten
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Year
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Year
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Year
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Hennessy Gas
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Utility Index Fund
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Returns before taxes
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7.45
%
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6.08
%
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12.35
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Returns after taxes
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on distributions
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6.62
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5.31
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11.50
%
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Returns after taxes on
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distributions and sale
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of fund shares
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5.93
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5.06
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10.81
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S&P 500 Index
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(reflects no deduction for
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fees, expenses or taxes)
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16.00
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1.66
%
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7.10
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AGA Stock Index
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(reflects no deduction for
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fees, expenses or taxes)
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6.77
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5.20
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11.32
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The after-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Investment Manager
Hennessy Advisors, Inc. is the investment manager of the Fund.
Portfolio Manager
Winsor (Skip) H. Aylesworth and Ryan Kelly are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the portfolio of the Fund and for developing and executing the Fund's investment program. Mr. Aylesworth serves as Portfolio Manager to the Fund and has served in this capacity since 2001. Mr. Kelly has served as Co-Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2013.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Institutional Class shares are available only to shareholders who invest directly in the Funds or who invest through a broker-dealer, financial institution or servicing agent that does not receive a distribution or servicing fee from the Funds or the Funds’ investment manager.
To purchase shares of the Funds, you may contact your broker-dealer or other financial intermediary. To purchase shares directly with Hennessy Funds, or for assistance with completing your application, you should call 1-800-966-4354 or 1-415-899-1555 between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Eastern time/6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Pacific time. You may buy shares of the Funds each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The minimum initial investment in Investor Class shares of a Fund is $2,500 for regular accounts and $250 for Individual Retirement Accounts. The minimum initial investment in Institutional Class shares of a Fund is $250,000. For corporate sponsored retirement plans, there is no minimum initial investment. There is no subsequent minimum investment requirement for the Funds. A $100 minimum exists for each additional investment made through the Automatic Investment Plan for each Fund. The Funds may waive the minimum investment requirements from time to time. Investors purchasing the Funds through financial intermediaries’ asset based fee programs may have the above minimums waived by their intermediary, since the intermediary, rather than the Funds, absorbs the increased costs of small purchases.
You may redeem shares of the Funds each day the NYSE is open. You may redeem Fund shares by mail (Hennessy Funds, c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701), or by calling the Transfer Agent for the Funds at 1-800-261-6950 or 1-414-765-4124 between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern time/6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific time. Investors who wish to redeem shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary should contact the intermediary regarding the hours during which orders to redeem shares of the Funds may be placed.
Tax Information
The Funds’ distributions are taxable, and will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account, in which case such distributions may be taxable at a later date.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Funds through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Funds and their related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. If made, these payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.